Have you read background material and conducted management and participant interviews, as appropriate, to obtain basic knowledge?

Have you obtained a firm definition of the scope of the workshop?

Have you defined and documented the workshop objectives?

Have you identified the workshop deliverables?

Have you prepared the workshop agenda?

Have you formulated workshop ground rules?

Have you determined the dates of the workshop?

Have you prepared and delivered any background documents, such as orientation material, workshop guidelines, schedule?

Have you re-read your notes prior to giving the workshop?

Have you reviewed the list of attendees and their areas of expertise?

Facility

Have you reserved the facility?

Have you inspected the facility before the workshop begins to ensure you are familiar with the layout and the room is set up correctly (e.g., U-shape preferred)?

Have you arranged break-out rooms, if necessary, to allow the participants to break into smaller groups of 3-5 people?

Have you arranged to get in after hours, if necessary, and ensured air conditioner and lights will be on?

Have you confirmed any arrangements for food? For example, if food is provided, do you know when the food will arrive, do you have money to pay for it, and have you made sure that the delivery person can get into the building?

Equipment and Supplies

Have you secured any necessary equipment, such as:

· overhead projector (with a spare bulb),

· projection screen,

· panel book (to show screen displays on the projection screen),

· computer with appropriate software installed,

· audio speakers (so that everyone in a large room can hear any multimedia material),

· extension cords, if necessary?

Do you know how to operate the equipment and ensure it works properly?

Have you secured miscellaneous supplies, such as:

· blank plastic foils with erasable markers and a wet rag,

· a flipchart with clean pad and markers,

· blank cards for students to write their names on and place in front of them (enables instructor to learn names more quickly),

Craig has over 25 years of Technology Consulting experience including 10 years in Project Leadership roles. He has extensive background working with large scale, high-profile systems integration and development projects that span a customer’s organization, and experience designing robust solutions that bring together multiple platforms from Intel to Unix to Mainframe technologies with the Internet.